The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-08-24
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Rev. X. p. Smith will preach at Beth
my on next Sunday.
a slight earthquake shock WAS felt al
Georgetown last week.
kH Capt. Den Tillmnn will address the
fsrmcrs of Anderson at Sandy Springs
I Today.
Lin "~Brooklyn' will DO well undor way
in u few days.
. School Books will soon DO in demand
again and Wilkes Book md Drug store
is the place to find thom.
II In q short time THE ADVERTISER cx-
poets to put in new typo and other
wise greatly improve this paper.
Trade Mt this place is cxi eetcd TO bo
unusually heavy this fall, and mcr-
chnnts will put in full stocks of goods,
DO you want Ginr II 40 place your
order with GEO. B. ANDERSON Mt
once. NOW Is tho time.
Ton shares OF tho stock OF tho Nation
8nl Bank of Laurcns recently sold In
Charleston above par value, lo5 being
paid.
1t now trnnspircs that the man who
so conclusivcly convicts DR. Hawthorn
OF Atlanta, OF wholesale plagiarism in
his Augusta spccoh. WAS mono othor than
N Hon w & Bcnet OF Abbcvillc.
Mr.. Ed II. Mckisslck Of Union. is now
on the News u Courier reportorial stair.
SF'u IL an enthusiastic worker and i'm this
wide fold, Will soon reach ar emlnerce.
we wish hin much success.
We hoard Il prominent merchant rc-
rhark this morning: "a mcrchunt who
&doeB not advertise his business is like
the boy who Is winking at his girl i'm the
Il trk; no may know what he ia doing,
but nobody else docs"
Why was Lnurcns sighted hy tho
Chario 'ton cxcu~rsionis,S? This ~ q
ciyaliZcd community and about ny good
pace to spcnd the summer M tho state
atfordS. l.aurcns should by all mcaans
have been on the list.
a goodly number Of our citizens ot-
tended tho Bethel Camp meeting on
sunday and oport a delightful TIM.
The morning service was conducted by
Presiding Elder Dickson aud .he after
noon by Rov A Coke Smith, The crowd
In attendance was estimated at from
five to six thousand.
Work on tho experimental stations
Will DO commenced ut one. Tho 5000
appropriated bv tho legislature will TIC
sPent In erocting buildings and prcpH-
rniions for experimenting with winter
crops. ~ superintendent has not vet
boon elected.
Mr.. Plummcr of Spartanburg, who re-
cci,tiy was the centre OF u sensation ere
ated by u newspaper report that he was
n ''ciSrrctt maniar." has proved that
thero was no foundation for the charge.
lilo simply had lumbago accompanied
with opilootiform commissions.
We con %;rntulatc Mr.. s. J.. Craig or
this conn'y, upon being one OF tho sue
ccsSful applicants iorihc Pea! o.lv Schol-
alship in tho Normal College ut Nash
vilic, Tenn, having passcdthc cxanina-
ton most ere litably. Young Craig isa
bright boy, and will doubtless b" heard
from in after years.
Farmers and others who hnvo n little
leisire time for tho next few months
VIII find it 10 their interest to write to b
FJohnson & Co, OF Richmond. whose
advertisement appears in another con
umD. They offcr great Inducements to
persons to work for Thorn all or part OF
thtir time.
,Junng. thn trinIC t,,trl,r.r Of l'I,,
field, Is out on bail. The iaIc OF the xii
ling Of the father and two sons is too
fresh to he rctolL. He was convicted
and sentenced to twenty FIVE years in
the FcnItcntiary. Yesterday, however.
bone was granted, pcmdmg a new trial.
Great Indignation at the action of the
Court is felt in tho section where the
murder was committed, and conSidcra-
bic talk Of lynching has been INDUCED
in.
IL is pro POSED tc hold n meeting at
Trinity, . miles out, beginning on sat
nriuy before tho lst Sunday in Soptom-
boz. Also u meeting at tn Methodist
church In town, beginning the Saturday
before tho End Sunday IN September
To these meetings tho public is invited
and especially mombcrs of tho other
churches. Como bronthrCn and fri, Ids
and let M unite that God may b less US.
M. CARLISLE. Pastor.
Constable Aiken, OF PIckcna, arrested
John Grecn, col ,rcd, Mt Laurons, on
"Wednesday for COW stealing, and do
parted from that place that night for
this city where no expected u commit
MS prisoner to Jail. Green was hand
cnffed aud tod with a rope to q buggy
In which the constable and an assistant
were riding. Groom trotted along behind
D o buggy very quietly until they reach
ed n point below Simpsonvillc, when ho
united the rope and left the road. After
awhile the c0nstablos looked around
and found their game had fed. Aiken
thin drove to the city and Deputy Sher.
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